20 officials nominated for Japan scholarship

The nomination announcement ceremony for Japan Development Scholarship (JDS) candidates was held today at the NEC Building, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city.

M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Secretary of ERD, Ministry of Finance, and Yonezo Fukuda, Charge d'Affaires of Japan to Bangladesh, were present on the occasion.

Out of 269 candidates, 20 Bangladeshi young government officials have been selected for the JDS, said a press release of the Japan Embassy here.

The finalists will take Japanese language training programme from April 22 for two months. They will soon leave for studying in Japan for two years to get Master's degrees in various fields.

During the ceremony, the Charge d'Affaires of Japan urged JDS finalists to keep in mind that both Bangladeshi and Japanese people expect a great deal from them for the development of their own country through making the best use of knowledge and experience acquired in Japan.

The formal title of Japan Development Scholarship is "The Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS)." This was established by the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh with the assistance of the Government of Japan in 2001.

In last seven years, a total of 147 JDS fellows were sent to Japan, and almost three fourths of them have returned to Bangladesh with their accomplishments and ambitions to contribute to the country.